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assign definition

as·sign (ə sīn′)

transitive verb

  1. to set apart or mark for a specific purpose; designate assign a day for the meeting
  2. to place at some task or duty; appoint I was assigned to watch the road
  3. to give out as a task; allot the teacher assigned a new lesson
  4. to ascribe; attribute jealousy was assigned as the motive for the crime
  5. Law to transfer (a claim, right, property, etc.) to another

Etymology: ME assignen < OFr assigner < L assignare, mark out, allot < ad-, to + signare, sign

intransitive verb

Law to transfer property, etc. to another

noun

an assignee

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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